Enaliosuchus

Enaliosuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
~140–132 Ma
Restoration of E. macrospondylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Subclass:
Diapsida
Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
(unranked):
Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder:
†Thalattosuchia
Family:
†Metriorhynchidae
Genus:
†Enaliosuchus

Koken, 1883[1]
Type species
†Enaliosuchus macrospondylus
Koken, 1883[1]
Synonyms

Enaliosuchus is a dubious[2] genus of extinct marine crocodyliform within the family Metriorhynchidae that lived during the Valanginian stage of the Early Cretaceous. It is known from fossil remains found in France and Germany and it was first described in 1883.[1]

Only the type species is known, which is E. macrospondylus.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Koken E. (1883). Die reptilian der norddeutschen unteren Kreide. Zeitschrift deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 35: 735-827.
  2. ^ Sachs, Sven; Young, Mark T.; Hornung, Jahn J. (2020). "The enigma of Enaliosuchus, and a reassessment of the Lower Cretaceous fossil record of Metriorhynchidae". Cretaceous Research. 114: 104479. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104479. hdl:20.500.11820/c52d1d56-1bf3-4aae-b2e1-38c85eed44fa. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 218996914.